Bind #(my numbering system is off)
Echolocation by Darksknight
Date Completed: 12/31/2025
Size: Octavo. 93 pages, 8,535 words
Summary: Kirk and Spock don’t realize that they’ve bonded right away. The rest of the crew is a different story.
I was looking at my 2025 stats and realized the number of books I made during the year was going to end at an awkward number. Clearly that meant I should try to cram another book in before the end, right? It would have to be a small one because I had three days for both typesetting and binding. And since I had a friend visiting soon I should make two copies because why not. And I did actually pull it off!
Octavos are such a great way to use up scraps, in this case some paste paper I made over the summer and some cardstock I mis-measured for an earlier project. It’s double sided paper and I used different sides for each copy for extra variation.
The typeset itself is very rough and ready, but a lot of fun to knock out quickly. I didn’t even run it through spellcheck (partly because Chekov’s accent is written out and I didn’t feel like hitting ignore for every word in his dialogue). I went a little overboard with the Astronomy dingbat font for the title page and scene dividers but stars were the logical choice. Federation Classic for the titles and Bell MT as the body font, just because I hadn’t used it yet this year .
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So so pleased with this one. I'm gonna try and cut the cord I used for the headbands a bit shorter next time but other than that I'm super happy! I used the normal circuit vinyl sticker and stuck it on with PVA glue so we'll see how that holds up over time. I didn't trim the corners quite right though so instead of folding over with a nice diagonal they're pretty straight. Still firmly affixed! I just need to practice eyeballing that (almost forgot to trim them at all! Lol)
Fic is We Will Meet Again by darksknight.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
I included all parts of the series in this book and tucked them into place with a bit of editing so they flow chronologically. Love this fic and highly recommend!
Fanfic Rec #70 James T. Kirk/Spock (Star Trek) part 5
Something Smart to Do by kianspo
In which Jim finds himself fake-married to his first officer every other month. It's not his fault. Mostly. Dowries and Klingons are involved. Starfleet is decidedly not amused.
Welcome to the Enterprise by IvanW
Jim arrives on the Enterprise for the first time as a crew member and clasps Spock in greeting, without thinking, and Spock responds that they are bonded.
Iron Bars and Gilded Walls by MakeTheMoon
Jim takes in a grounding breath and thinks 'make it count'.
In a universe where every being has a soul-mark, Jim Kirk's is... kind of weird. He shouldn't be surprised.
We Will Meet Again by Darksknight
(Previously titled as "The Shadow of Fate," but I've published a novel under the same title, so I've changed the series name.) Jim Kirk is an everyday (genius) kid from Iowa who lives for the summers when his best friend Spock comes from Vulcan for a visit. These visits come to a crashing end when Jim drives a car off a cliff. Despite the circumstances, it seems certain that one day, they will meet again.
A T’hy’la Delivered From The Stork by NightOwl1
Spock is lonely and wanted a baby brother, after a misunderstanding and an accident a baby Jim is dropped into his lap courtesy of a stork. Taking this to mean that Jim is his new baby brother he takes Jim out for a day of fun.
Secret agent man, secret agent man! They’ve given you a number and taken away your name. Below are my Top 5 Favorites:
“A Myriad of Misdecisions” (M, 21k) by Darksknight
“My parents thought I was working for an insurance company in New York when really I was joining the CIA so I just sort of never mentioned when I met you on an assassination-gone-wrong and now we’ve been married for five years and they still don’t know you exist, this has gotten wildly out of hand and you won’t stop laughing about it”
+ Modern AU. Steve brings Bucky home to meet his mom, and tries to convince her they’re Just Friends
-☆-
“Boeuf Mystere” (T, 1k) by galwednesday
“Quick question,” Bucky said.
Steve looked up, but didn’t stop moving passports and stacks of cash into a nondescript blue duffel, his mind busily ticking through logistics. He’d grab the glock taped behind the hidden drawer in the desk on their way out, and they could buy new clothes once they got across the border into neutral territory, so they didn’t need much else, apart from whatever Bucky wanted to bring. One duffle should be enough. “Yeah, honey?”
“What the fuck.”
+ Modern AU. Steve is a secret spy and Bucky is a secret restaurant critic. They both think they have the same job.
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“No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Pine” (T, 16k) by galwednesday
"Agent Rogers. We have to stop meeting like this." The Winter Soldier crouched in front of where Steve was slumped against the wall, hands and forearms glued to the stone behind him by some kind of sticky polymer. "Comfortable?"
"No," Steve lied. "My blood circulation has been cut off. I've lost all feeling in my hands."
"Oh, so I should probably cut you loose," the Soldier deadpanned.
"It's a medical emergency. You don't want to be responsible for me losing limbs, do you?"
"Tell you what, if you lose your hands, I'll make you some new ones." He held up his metal hand, smallest finger crooked. “Pinkie promise.”
Secret Agent adversaries-to-lovers AU where the Winter Soldier keeps tying Captain America to walls and sticking around to chat. Shut up, Natasha, it’s not flirting, okay? (It’s definitely flirting.)
+ Alt WS. Steve gets a crush on Bucky who already has a crush on Steve
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“From Hydra with Love” (M, 21k) by insomnia1999
Captain Steve Rogers is one of the best spies in the world - a marksman, a martial artist, an expert in strategy and tactics. There's not a lot he can't handle. Heck, he's even saved the world once or twice.
So why does every run in with the mysterious Winter Soldier leave him feeling like the Bond Girl?
+ Modern AU. The one where Steve gets strapped to a laser table and Bucky wears leather pants
-☆-
“hold your breath and count to ten” (M, 9k) by rowan
Steve is living a lie and his home life is suffering because of it, but such is the sacrifice of a secret agent employed by S.H.I.E.L.D. and fighting against the rival spy agency, Hydra. His husband, Bucky, just wouldn't understand. Then again, perhaps they're both keeping their fair share of secrets.
+ Mr. and Mrs. Smith AU, rival assassins who love each other
“He had to figure something out. Some thing to drive him. Passion or some sense of duty or rage. Something.
The Enterprise. He’d hold onto the hope that eventually, he’d be abroad her bridge.”
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Who else wants to be heartbroken? C’mon raise your hands!
So, this story is made to tug at your heartstrings, you’ve been warned.
It’s after the Aizen debacle and Spoiler? Ichigo has to learn to live with the knowledge that that other world he had always been in, is now forever out of his reach. He’s trying to cope, but it’s hard, and maybe it’s not the smartest way to carry on, but it’s the only way he knows, and he’s a stubborn boy.
It’s a short story, with a heavy emphasis on what he feels, or more like on what he’s trying not to feel.
It’s subtle, we are given Ichigo’s POV and much of it has to be inferred, but you already know the truth, even Ichigo knows but he’s trying to hide from it.
Can’t give you much more without spoiling it, so better go read it.
